"I know," Sam agreed. "I guess I just got comfortable with us being how we were, and then, the mention of marriage ... that just .. freaked me out," he admitted.
"I love you too, and I don't want this to happen again," he continued, kissing the top of her head. "And a thought occurred to me when Kristy called ... if you really were in the hospital, I would know if we were married ..."
Which reminded him. He still needed to kill Kristy. But that could wait, because right now he had his girl back and, he supposed grudgingly, it was due to Kristy's meddling, so he wouldn't chew her out about it .. yet.